The upcoming Back Mountain Kiwanis Club rodeo, slated for May 20 and 21, has been given official approval by the American Rodeo Association, making it a truly professional rodeo. The rodeo will attract Association cowboys from various states across the nation, and all of them will be competing for $5,000 in prize money, and Cham- pionship points. “Professional cowboys What does the ARA sanction mean? It means that the Back Mountain Kiwanis Club Rodeo will be a professional event conducted under the rules of the ARA, and since the quality of the production and performance is upheld by these rules, has the approval of that organization. Mainly, the ARA sanc- tion guarantees professionalism in all aspects. Only those cowboys meeting and keeping the qualifications set by the ARA are members of the organization. The same is true of the stock con- tractors. The Back Mountain Kiwanis Club Rodeo is important to ARA cowboys since each dollar won here counts as a point for the ARA championships. The top ten cowboys who win the most money at rodeos such as this also earn a position for competition at held at the end of the rodeo season. : ARA . championship contest events approved for the Back Mountain Kiwanis Club Rodeo are bareback bronc riding, team steer roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, brahma bull riding, calf roping, and cowgirls barrel race. by Charlot M. Denmon) The Backe Mountain moved into action Monday night electing officers and discussing plans to fund varisty soccer at Dallas High leagues in the sport. Secretary and Publicity Chairman Allen | Brague reported that Clyde Davis and Lee Eckert were elected co-chairman of the association; Richard Feld is acting ‘treasurer and Tom Kilduff is chairman. 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Tickets for the rodeo are now on sale from any member or at the following locations: Cook’s General: Store, Lehman; Cook’s Pharmacy in Kingston and Shavertown; Prince Hotel, Tunkhannock; Trucksville Pharmacy; Fino’s Pharmacy, Dallas; Gino’s Shoe Store, Dallas; and Puterbaugh Market, Harvey's Lake. Beaumont baseball turnout is good “We have an ex- ceptionally big number of youngsters out for Little League this year,” John Weiss, manager of the major division team of the Beaumont area, said in commenting on the up- coming season for teams in the Bob Horlacher Memorial Little League. ‘“‘We have a nice bunch of division team, and .in- dications are, we, will have to field two. /painor;} division teams, aswell asi a, ‘farm’ division team, because of the large turnout of youngsters at early practice. sessions,” Weiss said. y Cooperation from parents of the Little Leaguers at Beaumont also is noticeably better. Weiss will manage the major division Little League team from Beaumont. He will be assisted by Roger Bellas and Dave Richards. ° The minor teams will be in charge of Dale Wright, Harry Zacharias, Jr., Mr. and Mrs: Condon and Mrs. and Mrs. John Smith. Farm team will be supervised by Dori Zacharias and ‘Skip’ Martin. Beaumont will open its official 1978 Little League season at home on May 2 against the Harveys Lake team. Sportsmen complete tryouts Sportsmen Unlimited softball Team will com- plete its final team tryouts on April 15 and 16 at 2:30, Field 3 at Kirby Park. Anyone not being able to make these tryouts must Bud Lugiano before April 15 at Bron- sberg and Hughes Pontiac. Charlot M. Denmon) (Continued from P. 14) Bowling from Shavertown Lumber paced by J. Roan’s 559 and R. Bonomo, Sr.’s 554. Dallas Shopping Center dropped three points to Gebhardt Bowling Supply despite B. Harris’ 568 and C. Williams 543. B. Varner hit 559 for the bowling supplier. M. Fondo rolled 201 (508) and J. Bicking contributed 175 to lead Dallas Dairy in blanking Country’s Best in the Imperialette League. Dairy team into first place by one point. Carmen’s Pizza dropped four points to Pesacreta’s despite A. Pickering’s big 185-197 (514). R. Balberchak led Pesacreta’s with 174. R. Radzinski’s 188 (496) aided by 'G. Pomrinke’s 182 paced Gino’s Shoe Store to three points from Lom- bardo’s Bakery whose best was J. Dickinson’s 189 (486). Ralph Fitch & Sons split 2-2 with Goodman Florist. C. Smith hit the pins for 198 (502) for the florist and B. Cave rolled a 483 series for the Fitch team. (Photo by SSSI Paris Subway The Paris, France, metro system serves 348 stations while carrying four million passengers a day. 75-2328 PAGE FIFTEEN play Dallas team to perform Fifth and sixth grade ? students of Dallas In- termediate School building will present their annual gymnastic exhibition, Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. The students will present a complete program of gymnastic events in- cluding floor exercises and the balance beam, under the direction of Larry Griffin, instructor. There will be no charge for admission. keep trout cout Planning on going fishing in Mountain Springs Lake, Bowman’s Creek North Branch, or Bowman’s Creek Main Branch? If so, you’ll have to wait a while for those streams to be stocked, according to Claude M. Neifert, Penn- sylvania Fish Commission Waterways Patrolman for Luzerne County = 40-A District. - Neifert reports that because of extremely bad road conditions (snow, ice, deadfalls) over the year, those streams will not be stocked with trout prior to the opening day of trout season, April 15, Saturday. Neifert hopes that initial stocking for these areas will be made before the end of April. Notification will be made to the public as soon as details are available. Until that time, access to these water areas will be locked off so as to prevent additional road damage. WAR fa NNR ‘eExchanged PARTS & ACCESSORIES % 235 Ib. Bird Wind Shingle % 238 Ib. Bird Jet Shingle 15 Ib. Bird Asphalt Felt 30 |b. Bird Asphalt Felt 90 Ib. Slate Surfaced Roofing 65 Ib. Roll Roofing (Duplex) $9.95 vetoes an2sat $9.95 Net covers 216 sq.ft. $9.95 Net covers 100 sq.ft. $9.80 ver covers so. White Alum. Drip Edge 10 Length 1 Gal. Plastic Roof Cement 5 Gal. Plastic Roof Cement 1 67 Net $2.25 Net $8.35 Net 1 Gal. 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